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Submitted by Team 12designer on 24.10.09, 16:20

Our 1.1 Reality Update: a reminder about 12designer Terms & Conditions

Yeah, we all know that you always check the box "I've read the..." without reading; we all do that, all the time. But at a creative and professional design platform like 12designer, it may be a good idea to read first what you're pretending to have read. It's about legal questions, criminal offences... that lovely stuff. You see whay it's wise to read first? ;-)

 

Let's make it short. In the last days, we've detected -and retired- some proposals made with third-party templates.

We didn't expect it to happen, really. To see third-party templates, dressed as original proposals, was a bit deceiving. We stand for quality, design and fresh air. Templates have nothing to do with that.

Nevertheless, we can state that the cases we already had, were more unconcious than fraudulent fake proposals. Clearly said: they didn't knew they shouldn't use any template already made. After a conversation, they retired those proposals quick and without any fuss.

Anyway, we would like to make a difference between two different case scenarios:

* Websites, flyers, posters...: In such proposals, may be logic and normal to use stock material, as pictures, secondary vectorials... Here, usage of this material is allowed, but client has to be warned about its origin and the total licence costs; so client can choose freely if choosing that proposal is worth or not. In case of not stating these costs, designer will have to assume the licencing costs from the original prize of the project: let's say, if project had a 600€ prize and designer used pictures 175€ worth without any warning, he'll receive 425€ at the end.

* Logos: 12designer strictly forbids using vectorials or thrid-party graphics for a logo. A logo is the graphic identity of a company: its presentation, its visual ID. It can't come from a graphic stock bank, because then, it would loose its meaning: to stand up from its comepetitors just with a gaze. Besides, you would be selling the rights of use of a design, on which you don't own all the rights of use. That would be a legal kerfuffle. Honestly. A free-to-download template does not mean it is free-to-sell.

 

We hope this makes clear our policy. Please feel free to comment and to discuss :-)

Delightly yours,

 

12designer Team

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